I see a lot of complaints, normal- possibly for a forum, How many folks are happy with the quality finish etc.

 

There are several other threads on this very same topic already... you can get your answer there and the consensus is the vast majority are incredibly happy with overall quality.

 

 

Quality is excellent. Finish is easily observed and is above average for a mass produced vehicle. Reliability is excellent and is on a par with many other high end performance sports cars costing a lot more. Performance exceeds many of the same vehicles. Some components in some other vehicles may be of higher quality. Such as the leather used for the seats. Note: any high end performance sports car is a complicated piece of equipment. With performance and governmental regulation you get complication and many sophisticated parts. The C7 quality is excellent on the complicated and sophisticated components. Are you going to enjoy 100K miles with only scheduled PM? Maybe, but more likely you will have to deal with an issue involving some component along the way. Most likely less than many competing vehicles. When you do you will be going to a Chevy dealer. You will be required to invest some time and research on which tech at which dealer you want working on your car. You usually have several choices unlike some of the competition where the dealerships are much further apart. You will not be served Latte and a Croissant at a Chevy dealer. If you want a high performance sports car that is repairable by any mechanic because it is so simple, they no longer exist if they ever did. If money and aggravation are not a worry, buy a Ferrari it will be a fantastic car. If the C7 is too complicated and too expensive, buy a Miata, it is also a fantastic car. Don't spend a lot of time worrying about what most sports car owners have to say, they usually have an agenda. Enjoy.

 

Here's an answer to your question...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...oblem-car.html

 

 

Bull!!!...I own Ford Chev's Honda a Dodge truck and all the Vettes I've had and none needed wet sanding and the ones I have now don't need wet sanding!!..don't know where this comes from...like who the heck wants to buy a new car and have to go get it wet sanded..some of the C7's have BAD paint problems pure and simple!!

 

I stopped even watching that poll because, as usual with this place, people who don't even own a C7 (05dsom, Rodbuster56, etc.) were voting that they had problem cars.
Not that I was surprised that would happen, even with a public poll. Imagine if it was private.
S.

 

It will get better as time passes. I think Team Corvette might have been under a little pressure to get this car released "on time" when the cake wasn't quite fully baked yet. It was a very important launch for the Company but first year cars almost never launch without some defects and problems. 2015 will bring a much better car and 2016 will deliver an almost perfect car every time. If you want a new Corvette I know its hard to wait but doing so at least until 2015 will bring you a better experience. 110% Any price increase will be negated by much better discounts on the 15s and 16s. Once the Z car is announced the base car Stingray will quickly fall out of favor and bring some nice price cuts.

 

That's pretty interesting.
I own two 2012 Ram 1500 QC's. The orange peel on both of them is far worse than on my C7. The red one worse than the silver one.
I also own a 2013 GT500. It's black, and when new it had tons of peel. It's been corrected by my detailer, but it's still there to an extent.
Both of my GT-R's have it, particularly on the sides below the side body line. Looking at every other car I own, they have orange peel, although it's not as prominent on a few of them due to the colors (grey, silver and white).
The notion that other cars don't have orange peel or that C7's have "BAD paint problems" is a crock of sh*t that's perpetuated by a vocal minority.
S.

 

My GTR has some orange peel but not too bad. My former BMW's had an *** load of orange peel. The cars with the least amount of orange peel that I have owned were the Porsches. They still had some but it was very little.

With EPA bullchit regs, you can't totally avoid it.

The few issues of paint runs that I have seen is where I'd have a problem.

 

Not true and this is pretty rediculous statement to say that orange peel is to be expected.
I'm the original owner of a 2010 Camaro (off the assembly line April 2009) in Crystal Red Tintcoat and the paint is (still) flawless. And I'm very critical of paint quality. The only time it went back to the dealer other than normal service was a re-flash of the ECU. We also own a 2008 Z06, 2013 Infinity G37S, 1995 Vette and others without a hint of paint issues.
In the interest of full disclosure we've asked the dealer to hold putting our C7 order in until we are comfortable most of the obvious quality issues are address.

 

My 13 camaro had flawless paint...either it's the plastic material or the BG procedure....

 

Oh, great, another Orange Peel thread.

 

My car, VIN1363 is as good as it gets. I stopped for coffee today and when I was returning to my car, a young man driving a Bentley was looking at my AW C7. He also stated that he owns a Lamborghini, which I have seen at this same location last summer. He could not get over the quality on my Vette, he stated numerous times that my car's finish was as good as the Lamborghini. He told me that the new C7 was going to change the playing field for all cars in this category. He could not get over my car and it's overall quality and beauty.

 

After driving to work in the rain for three straight days, I figured it wouldn't melt so I washed it this morning. I don't think there is a better way to check the paint. I won't say it was perfect, but the only blemish I could find was a small nick in the paint at the spoiler. I've read that others also have a chip by the spoiler so I'll have the dealer touch it up when I bring it in for service in about six months. Other than that I could not find a flaw.

 

Put VIN 1614 to bed for winter today (it is 14 degrees right now--yuk). Through its first abbreviated season it has been flawless through 2100+ miles. Great great fun too.

 

A crock of chit??? think you better go check out some of the people that had issues WAY to many issues with the paint..bought my first perf car in 1977 and never had issues with bad OP or runs on any of my cars...yes I had a GT500 also and very little OP..I'll be buying the Hi Perf version of the C7 but be heck if I'll accept it if the paint don't equal that that's on my ZR1..go check out jags link a few posts above yours and see if that's not a bad paint job and he's not the only one.

 

Well said!!..for the life of me I can't understand this attitude that the OP on the C7 is a given and just go and have it wet sanded!! Why the heck should anyone have to or want to!!

 

To the OP, only you can decide if the quality is to your standards. I would suggest going out and looking at a bunch of them. Some cars will be better than others, and some people have higher standards for quality than others.

Michael